Alternate Route to School Effectiveness and Student Achievement: Circumventing Socioeconomic Status - Couverture rigide

Okafor, Patrick Chudi

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 147593047X ISBN 13 : 9781475930474

Editeur : iUniverse, 2012

Synopsis

While socioeconomic status does affects students' success, both in academics and in future status in adult life, it does not have to be the only deciding factor.

In his study, Alternate Route to School Effectiveness and Student Achievement, Dr. Patrick Chudi Okafor discusses the need to enhance school climate as an alternate to socioeconomic status in promoting students' success. He also investigates the climate in New York City public schools as the means of schools' survival, development, and growth, as it affects both school effectiveness and student academic achievement. He further considers schools, teachers, parents, communities, and governments with respect to their roles in students' academic development and growth.These considerations, among others, led Dr. Okafor to offer solutions to the issue of failure associated with low socioeconomic status at a time when more children are falling within this bracket and the gap between the rich and the poor continues to widen. A quality learning environment presents a strong stimulus for societal change, development, and growth. By basing the overarching framework of his study on openness of the school and family systems, Dr. Okafor builds on the idea behind the saying, "It takes a village to raise a child". The academic relationship between the home and the school must be improved to guarantee sustainable student academic performance and "the home climate" is a major contributor to what children bring to school, just as "the school climate" is a major determinant to how it is transformed.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Patrick Chudi Okafor has a BA in Philosophy and Theology, an MA in theology and an MA in Social and Public Policy. He has a professional diploma and a doctorate in Education from St. John's University New York. Dr. Okafor has authored other books and arti

Présentation de l'éditeur

While socioeconomic status does affects students' success, both in academics and in future status in adult life, it does not have to be the only deciding factor. In his study, Alternate Route to School Effectiveness and Student Achievement

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: iUniverse
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 147593047X
• ISBN 13: 9781475930474
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 134
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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